During their red carpet coverage of last night's glitzy Golden Globes, the channel, which airs shows like Keeping Up With the Kardashians and Kelly Osbourne's Fashion Police, sprung 'fun facts' on screen about attending celebs.

But viewers were outraged after the sentence "Michael J Fox was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1991" appeared in the fact box.

The insensitive remark was aired on the channel's online coverage stream and not on TV– but eagle-eyed viewers were outraged by the decision to use the fact as a 'fun' snippet.

And this wasn't the only faux pas made by whoever was in charge of the fun fact team– they also wrote "Robert Redford was stricken with polio as a child".

TASTELESS: This 'fun fact' was aired on the channel's online coverage [E!]

SECOND STRIKE: The channel also commented on Robert Redford's polio [E!]

After incensed viewers took to Twitter to blast the station for the sick graphic, E! issued an apology, saying: "We regret the insensitive classification of Michael J. Fox's Parkinson's diagnosis during our E! Online live stream. We understand the serious nature of the disease and sincerely apologise."

Fox, who became a superstar with the role of Marty McFly in Back to the Future, attended the ceremony after being nominated for his role in The Michael J Fox Show.

The 52-year-old looked dapper in a black suit and tie, while his wife Tracy Pollan looked radiant in a beaded blue full-length dress.

Fox has struggled over the years to cope with the degenerative disease he was diagnosed with in 1991, but has since returned to the acting world with critically-acclaimed performances in The Good Wife.

He also founded the Michael J Fox Foundation, which funds research for a cure for Parkinson's.

In an interview with Rolling Stone last year, the actor revealed that he wouldn't change his diagnosis: "If I walked into a room with God or Buddha or Bill Gates or Sergey Brin or whoever could figure out a way to fix it for me, I don't think I'd do it.

"My life is better than it was, because I have access to these truths and access to these moments."

E! Online also came under fire recently after they mistakenly used a picture of Ian 'H' Watkins from Steps alongside an article about now-jailed paedophile, Lostprophets' singer Ian Watkins.

OUTRAGE: Twitter was full of viewers ranting about the station [TWITTER]